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August 7, 2006

Police officer misses deer, hits tree

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A veteran police officer plans to spend the night in the hospital after hitting a tree to avoid a deer on a rural Matunuck road today. The officer, Robert L. Simeone, was taken by town rescue workers to South County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition this afternoon. Simeone was on routine patrol on Matunuck Schoolhouse Road when a deer apparently darted in front of his 2004 Crown Victoria just after noon. Under South Kingstown's policy, the investigation was turned over to the State Police. No other car was involved. -- Journal staff writer Paul Davis

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